Evaluation of the Performance of Females as Light Infantry Soldiers

Table 3

Stress fracture (SF) and other overuse injuries of female and male soldiers (%) during 36 months of military service.

	Females	Males
Femoral SF	17 (7.1)	1 (1.2)	<0.04
Tibia SF	29 (12.2)	1 (1.2)	<0.003
Fibular SF	3 (1.3)	0	NS
Metatarsal SF	10 (4.2)	0	<0.05
Other SF	4 (1.7)	0	NS
Total SF	50 (21.0)	2 (2.3)	<0.0001
Ant knee pain	98 (41.2)	21 (24.7)	<0.007
Back pain	88 (37.0)	36 (42.3)	NS
Ankle sprain	46 (19.3)	16 (18.8)	NS
Achilles tendinitis	7 (2.9)	3 (3.5)	NS